California dilutes proposed gas appliance limits

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FOSSIL FUELS

• California regulators consider ozone-emission reduction rules that would require firms to phase out gas appliance sales and pay nominal mitigation fees after industry opposition killed a stricter proposed regulation. (Canary Media)

• Tribal nations and Indigenous advocates push back on Hilcorp’s proposal to drill oil and gas wells on Native Alaska land in the Yukon Flats. (Northern Journal)

• Alaska officials predict plummeting oil prices will lead to as much as $160 million less in revenue than expected. (Anchorage Daily News)

• An oil and gas well ​“containment issue” injures one worker and forces evacuations and a school closure. (KDVR)

• The federal Bureau of Land Management approves a proposed natural gas pipeline to supply a power plant in northern Nevada. (KOLO)

TRANSPORTATION

• The Port of Los Angeles’ plan to convert more than 1,000 heavy-duty diesel vehicles to battery or hydrogen trucks stalls after the Trump administration freezes over $1.1 billion in federal grants. (E&E News)

• Nevada transportation officials urge lawmakers to extend for a decade a policy adjusting gasoline tax for inflation to keep highway maintenance revenues from dropping. (Nevada Current)

TRANSITION

• A report finds replacing the Comanche 3 coal plant in Colorado with an industrial-scale solar, wind, and storage energy park could generate up to $40 million in tax revenue and create 300 jobs. (Colorado News Connection)

POLLUTION

• Montana lawmakers advance a bill that would block the state from establishing stricter-than-federal air quality standards. (Montana Public Radio)

UTILITIES

• Colorado utilities and electric cooperatives say the Trump administration’s tariffs and uncertainty around Inflation Reduction Act funds are muddling their plans to deploy clean energy and acquire more generating capacity. (Colorado Sun)

• Utah advocates push back on Rocky Mountain Power’s plans to keep coal plants operating beyond scheduled retirement dates. (Utah Public Radio)

PUBLIC LANDS

• Climate and environmental advocates urge U.S. senators to block Kathleen Sgamma’s confirmation as director of the federal Bureau of Land Management, saying the oil and gas lobbyist has ​“inherent conflicts of interest.” (Public Domain)

MINING

• New Mexico advocates push back on a proposed uranium mine in the central part of the state, saying it would lead to more radioactive ore being shipped across the Navajo Nation. (Source New Mexico)

NEW FROM CANARY MEDIA

• President Trump’s tariffs likely won’t harm the solar and wind industries as much as battery and EV makers, but the cleantech industry will still suffer and energy infrastructure will get harder to build, experts tell Jeff St. John.